Wire-bound box



E. A. SRILL;

WIRE BOUND BOX.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I. 19!

1,398,606. Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l- 2' Edward dI-Srill Invenior:

' 'E.'A. SRILL.

4 WIRE BOUND BOX.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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Edward dl'Srz'ZZ 3 Jm Wm E. A. SRILL.

WIRE BOUND Box.-

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1'9:-

1,398,606. Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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EDWARD a. sa nt, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 7

"WIRE-BOUND Box.

To all whom it may concern." 1

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SKILL, a" citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Wire-Bound Boxes, of which the follown is a specification. 7

This invention relates to boxes and pertains more particularly to a novel construc-' tion of a wire-bound box.

'. Among other objects, the invention is intended to provide a box of desirable strength, durability, security, and tightness of closure, and capable of afiording effectual protection for its contents;

'The general character of the invention may beunderstood by reference toan illustrative embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, in which: 1

'F'gure 1 is'a perspective of an illustrative form .of box embodying the invention, the lid thereof being in open position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective'of-a flat blank which may be folded into the position indicated in Fig. 1 to form the exterior portions of the box. Fig. 2 is drawn on scale, about one-half of that of Fig. 1.

F ig.f3 is a detached view'of an end per- 'tion which may be used as shown" in Figs.

1, 5, and 6.. 1 7

Fig. 4 is a perspective of certain interior.

portions of'theboxshown in disassembled condition. The scale of 4: is approximately the same as that of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective similar to that of Fig. 1 but shown in section on a longitudinal medianplane of the box and also having part of an interior wall broken away and Fig. 6 is a perspective similar to that shown in Fig. 1 but-having the lid of the box closed and showing the parts in'section on a transverse vertical plane.'-

The box construction illustratediin' Fig. 1 comprises an exteriorwire-bouncl box element and an interior .box element having their corresponding walls spaced apart, the two being so assembled as to afford mutual supporting and strengthening effects. "The outer structure'of the box is illustrated in a preferred, but non-essential, blank form in Fig.2. The blank comprises'fourseparate sections,.10, 11,12, and 13, each having aysheet or piece of side-material, such as Specification of Letters ma.

foldable the specific sections 10, 11, 12,'and 13'. are

Patented N v. 2 9, 19.21;

i Application filed September 1, 1917. Serial No. 189,285.

wood; veneer or other suitable, substance, carrylng a plural ty of cleats. For example, the SGCtlOII 10 comprises five parallel cleats, 14, 15, 16, 17, and18, and additional. cleats 1 9 and 20 having special additional 'functlons besides those of the other cleats, which willbe described, and the other sections have cleats corresponding thereto and similarly arranged. I i i The sections 10, 11,12,1and 13may been-l I tirely separate and connected by wires, as s customary in wire-bound boxes;andpit is preferable, '4 7 structure is made in flat blank form, that the .respective side portions beflexibly con nected by wires or otherwise so asjto be 1nto box form." Forfillustration,

I connected by. wires extending parallel to and in registration with the respective rows of cleats;-and the Wires, 's1de..she ets, and

cleats are secured together by staples which V g pass through the side 'sheet's,.and *enter the cleats, wherein said staples are preferably blind clenched orstraddle the wires,

otherwise securely fastened.

It is desirable that the side sheets in the proj ecting bee5 in any case, when thee'xterior 8O finished box overlapat their corners to proi 1 yond the ends of its attached cleats, which margln will overlap the edge of the adjacent side sheet when the into box form. There are several ways in which this overlapping of side sheets may be accomplished, as-wi N skilled in'the art; and, as indlcated infFig's. l,- 5, and 6, such overlap'margins are provided at the edges of the lid and the bottom of the box'so that these shall .o'v'erla the edges of the vertical front and. rear si es of thebox. i

The wires referredto. above are indicated at 21-, 22, 23, 24, and 25 in several of'the figures.

In addition to the top, bottom, front,-and rear box sections above described, the exterior structure may comprise end'pi'eces 26, about which'the box blank illustrated in Fig.

2 is folded to produce the structure shown parts are folded ll "appear 'to those in Fig. 1. It will be seen that the end pieces 26 fit into the space between the cleats 14: and 19, and 18 and 20, respectively, and are thus firmly held in place and supported over a considerable region adjacent all their edges without the necessity of stapling. T

In the modification disclosed in the drawings (see particularly Figs. 1 and 5), the

end pieces 26 are, prior to being assembled in the completed box, firmly stapled or otherwise secured to pieces 27, which abut atone of their edges and at their bottoms squarely against the surrounding outer cleats when the box is assembled and thus materially strengthen the box as well as accurately defining the folded position of the outer box blank, and at their inner vertical edges are beveled asindicated'at 28 to form a 0011- venient hand hold at their end of the box.

In Fig. 4c are disclosed in relatively posi tioned but slightly separated location the side sections of the inner box structure comprehended in my invention. These side sections comprise appropriately sized pieces of veneer or other suitable material 29, which are attached at each of. their cndsto a cleat 30, preferably having the usual mortise and tenon'construction at their ends. When the structure shown .inFig. t is assembled, so that the mortises and tenons engage, there will be provided an open-ended box structure having the cleats outside. This box structure is placed lwithin the. outer" box structure disclosed in Fig. 1 andmade from the blank shown in Fig. 2, to form theinner box. The'ends of the inner box are fermed "of loose, appropriately sized sheets of veneer 31, which are placed within the cleats 19 and 20. respectively, and in the assembled struc ture are held in position by the. cleats 19 and 80 at one end, and the cleats and 30 at the other end. The end pieces 26 and 31 fit,

when the cover is closed, between the cleats on the cover. section, and are held and sup ported thereby in precisely the same manner as they fit in between and are supported by the cleats on the remaining sections of the outer box blank. 2 V j It will be apparent, therefore, that the cleats 15, 16, and 17 serve not onlyto reinforce and strengthen the box structure as a wliole flbut also serve as spacing elementsto space theiiiner box structure from the outer box structure. The same function is effected by thecleats 30, which, because they are attached to the inner box structure, directly 7 support and strengthen it, but also support and strengthen the outer box structure in the samemanner as the cleats 15, 16, andl'i strengthen the inner box structure. These cleatsBO also serve as spacing means. The

7 cleats 19 and 20 serve to strengthen and support. the'outer box structure in'the'ordinary fashion of cleats in this art. They serve fur- V thermore to space the end sections 26 and 31 while the cleats 14, 19, and 30,'on one end of ,the box, and 18, 20, and 30, on the other end of the box, two of each group of which are secured to the outer box sections and one to.

the inner box section, serve to strongly reinforce, space and support both pairs of end of my invention may also be assembled inanually without the use of nailsjor staples.

After being assembled, as indicated-in Fig.

1, the cover is closed and the projecting ends of the wire 21, 22, 23, 24:, and 25 twisted together, as indicated at'33 (Fig. 6) in the I usual manner of wire-bound boxes.

The box of my invention has all of the characteristics of strength of the ord nary wire-bound box, supplemented and rein forced by the fact that additional cleats. are provided therein, and affords a doublewall container, every part-of which is adequately supported and reinforced against strain of any kind. The box has valuable insulating,v

properties to prevent sudden changes of tem-v perature in or the penetration of moisture toits contents and is particularly useful in connection with the shipping of explosives, because hooks or the like, when used, cannot damage or puncture the contentsof'the in ner box.

Having now described {my invention, 1'

claim 1. A wirebound double-walled box comprising outer side and end walls composing the exterior of the box; inner-side and end,

walls forming-an interior inclosure; cleat frames relatively positioning said several walls, certain of said cleat frames mutually reinforcing the outer and inner side walls; and bindings secured to' and around the 2. A box comprising, in combination, re-

inforcing cleats and sidewalls arrangedin I parallel upon opposite sides of and contiguous to a plurality of cleats, one wall at- .tached'to certain of said cleats andtheother attached to and" removable with other '{ofsaid cleats 3. Aboxcomprising cleats,zinner and outer side. walls, and inner and outer end walls, said cleats relatively positioning said several walls, certain of said cleats attached certain to theinner surfaces of said outersidewalls,

and certain of said cleats attached tothe outerfaces of said inner side walls.

i.- A box comprising side walls and cleats,

certain of said cleats spacing apart twosuch side Walls arranged inparallel on opposite sides of and contiguous to said certain cleats, andouter and inne'r'end walls arranged on opposite sides of certain of said cleats.

5. A box comprising side walls and cleats, additional side .walls,fsome of said cleats inclosed between said first-mentioned and additional side Walls and said walls respec tively secured to certain of said cleats, and

end walls and additional end walls located 7. A box consisting of an outer box element comprising side pieces and cleats secured to the innerv surfacesthereof, and a removable inner box element comprising side pieces and cleats secured to the outer surfaces thereof, certain of said cleats serving to space inner box side pieces from outer box side pieces.

8. A box comprising a wire-bound outer box element having side pieces and reinforc; ing cleats, certain of said cleats being located in contiguous planes to support op posite faces of end sections or the like, end sections supported by said cleats, additional end sections located contiguously to certain of said first end section supporting cleats, and an'inner box element providing means to hold said additional end sections so contiguous.

9. A box comprising an outer box element having side pieces with cleats secured thereto, an inner box element having inner side pieces and other cleats secured thereto, certain of the cleats of said inner and outer box elements'respectively beinglocated in two contiguous planes whereby an end piece 01' the like may be inserted between and supported by the cleats in said planes.

10. A box comprising an outer box element and an inner box element, both including side pieces and cleats secured thereto, certain of said cleats at either end of the box being arranged in three contiguous planes, whereby two spaced end sections be inserted between and supported by the cleats in said planes at either end of the box.

11. A box comprising a plurality of cleat frames; exterior and interior side walls; said exterior side walls inclosing saidplurality of cleat frames; outer and inner end walls secured in position by certain of said cleat frames; and said interior side walls in closed by the cleat frames intermediate said inner end walls. V

12. A box comprising a plurality of parallel cleat frames, outer and inner side walls,

and outer and inner end Walls,,said' cleat frames relatively ipositioning said several Walls, 'and certain of. said walls secured to certain of saidcleat frames t 13; A box consisting of. anouter-box-elen-ient comprising cleats and. side Walls attached thereto; an inner box element comprising cleats andside walls-attached there to; cleats of both elements spacing the walls of said outer from those of said inner element in the completed box; and cleats of said outer element coriperating With cleats of said inner element to prevent relative longitudinal shifting of said elements.

14. A wirebound box comprising a plurality of cleat frames; exterior side walls inclosing said frames; interior side walls inclosed within some of'said frames; and inner and exterior end walls associated with a side Walls externally; and bindings securedto and around the box.

16. A' box consisting of an interiorly cleated wirebound outer box element, and an exteriorly cleated inner box element, cleats of said inner element interiorly reinforcing said sides of said outer element, and cleats of said outer element 'exteriorly reinforcing the sides of said inner element.

17. A set of box parts comprising a'foldable wirebound box blank to forman outer box element, said blank having foldablyrelated end cleats and intermediate cleats, a

plurality of separate inner side sections to form aninner box element adapted to be inclosed and externally reinforced by cleats of said blank when the latter is folded into box form, and end sections for the inner and outer box elements, all adapted tobe assembled into the form of a double-walled rigid wirebound container without the use of nails or their equivalents. I

18. A wirebound double-walled box comprising, in combination, an outer box structure comprising side walls, end walls and reinforcing cleats; an inner box structure having exterior end cleats fitting within the outer box structure; cleats of the inner'and' outer structures cooperating to prevent rela tive longitudinal shifting of said structures; and bindings secured to and around said outer structure.

which said sections are folded; removable inner end Walls spaced from the first mentloned end walls; an innei box element between the lnner end walls; and means for spacing said element from the four sides of the outer box formed by said fo1dab1y-related sections. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

EDWARD A. SKILL; 

